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Old 12-15-2021, 07:31 AM   #1352
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Originally Posted by StuartC View Post
I am a complete novice to Calibre and conversions. I copied my wife's books from a Kindle Paperwhite to a folder on my iMac, installed Calibre and copied those to the Calibre Library. They are all predominantly in KFX format!
My intention was to copy them to a new Paperwhite 5, however, it seems this is not as simple as I had been led to believe. What steps do I need to take to achieve this? I presume conversion is not possible without some of the steps described here or is there another way?
Any help or advise very welcome.
Most Kindle books are "protected" by DRM which ties the book the the particular device they were downloaded for. This is what's causing you problems.

If this new Kindle is for you, on your Amazon account, the simplest solution is to set up Family Library sharing. You will both be able to access books bought on the other account from your own Kindles.

If it's a replacement for your wife's Kindle, just register it to her account. No need to manually move files around.

If you want to remove the DRM you'll need to get detailed DRM removal help elsewhere.
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